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Hello to all! I am working on an 83 280ZX that was running fine for a month and suddenly went to flooding out one day when the owner tried to start it. The owner said it was great until this happened. I have had the entire fuel injection system off and sent out the injectors for service, all new hoses, fuel filter and great fuel pressure. I did all this prior to the problem. It came to me originally as a no start. That turned out to be poor grounds to the body and the alt not putting out good volts after start. Now all the fuel injectors flow all the time the key is on. If I unplug them they stop, (they all ohm good) I found some corrosion in the ECM from a windshield lea…
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hi people, I got a victoriabritish catalog recently and i found some parts and i noticed the prices had to types "list" and "sell"??? there was an explaination but i'm really not sure of it! considering that I'm outside of the US which price will be given to me? "sell" or "list"? thanks pals.. Mohamed
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G'Day you lot, I asked this question about a year ago and, while I got quite a few replies, nobody could answer the question at the time. As we have since gained quite a few new members, (and sadly LOST a few old ones), I thought I'd put the question again. Now, down here in the real God's country, the clear plastic doohicky that goes onto the car door to keep out the wind and rain, allowing the window to be partly down whilst driving, is called a WEATHERSHIELD. I would dearly love to fit them to my "Precious" but can't find a marque that has one to fit. Has anyone solved this problem ???????? Rick. :devious: :devious:
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ok, i installed some driving lights and fog lights on my z. i turned them on and drove with them for abtou 5 miles, mayeb a bit more, and the lights shut off. the fuses did not blow they just stopped working. they woudl not come back on. the next day they worked again... im scared to drive at night cause now i have no lights that i can trust. these lights are wired seperately from all Z wireing. lights-relay-fuse-ground and battery-switch thats my horrible way of showing you aflow chart of how i wired it. any ideas?
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hey, ive been told this MIGHT be the transmission mount bar or somehting loose in that area. this noise goes away when i step on the clutch, so its not the wheels or CV Boots. gotta be tranny related right? is this imprtant? or just another noise to fix
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too many problems here..headlampos not working, than they do, no flasers, flashers, no flashers, now no hazzards. shodul i buy anew one? if so how much are they?
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Well, figuring the thermostat hasn't been changed since my '78 280Z left the factory decades ago (and it hadn't), I took the task of pulling off the 30 min quick job...which has now turned into a multi-day project (since it's now parked/stuck at my buddies apartment instead of my driveway). My problem: I took the upper part of the housing off after snapping one of the bolts (closest to the head) off. Other one was rusty as all hell, but I babied her out fine. So, I get the cover off and pull the thermostat, clean off the old gasket, yada yada, and then to the task of extracting the remainder of the other bolt. Well...I'm still on that task... after PB Blaster, vice grip…
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I just purchased my 73 240 Z. My boyfriend asked me to post this and I hope someone can make heads or tails with this information cause I really want to drive her. When I turn on the headlights(engine off) all I have are highbeams. Sometimes I can get the lowbeams to come on but they are dim. When this does happen I can turn the light switch off and they stay on until I shut off the ignition switch. I have replaced the combination switch and it did the same thing. Just to be sure they were good I did a continuity test. As shown in my 1975 Z Factory Service Manual they were both good. I did voltage tests at the bulb connection. The battery read 11.95with the lights on one …
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Ok I purchased my 75 280z over the summer, I mostly use it for Z meets/shows, occasionally take it out on the weekend for a cruise. The problem im having is it seems to be using about a quart of oil every 300-400miles. It doesn't smoke at all, does not leak at all, so what else might be going here? Anyone have similar issues in the past? My 280z has 110K on it, I use 10W30 valvoline, should I maybe switch to high mileage oil? I've put 1k on it since this summer and today found it almost a quart low after adding a quart 150 miles ago, I took to a meet 1hr away and lost almost 1quart from that drive. Some people tell me its 30yrs old and to be happy that losing oil is my o…
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I am trying to buy a used dash to send off to have restored for a 70Z. I know about the hole for the lighter and indent for the flasher on/off, but I have heard only a 70 model will fit because it is 1 1/2 inches smaller than a 71 model. I have been told there is no difference in a 70 to 73 except for the holes. I want to make sure before I spend all that money and get it wrong.
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Well, it started one night when we were trying to figure out why i had a huge clunk when i shifted hard, we where taking a corner pretty hard and the car stalled out. I could smell burning wires, and saw some smoke come frome the cowl area. The car wouldnt even start untill a pal of mine came over and we replaced the fusible links and some wiring to the fuel pump. I also bought a new fuel pump relay. So, the car starts just fine, but the really f-ed up part is, when ever i take a corner i can hear click click click, my relays going on and off, and the car begins to stall again, and jerks back and forth like crazy....but the second i straighten her out, she flies just fine…
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My car ran well enough before I tried to adjust the carbs to make it run better. :stupid: Now, it's starting to rain and there's no light to finish learning to work w/ the carbs in the evenings. Is there a decent shop around here where I can go and get things put back to normal? Thanks, --Dan
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